02027cam a2200349 a 4500 5710030 OSt 20170420162011.0 .. 060314s2005 ke a b 000 0 eng d 2006306154 9966712607 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocm64667014 (NNC)5710030 MNY MNY f------ B 5305 .A34 2005 B 5305 .A34 2005 African Cultural Knowledge: Themes and Embedded Beliefs Nairobi: MIAS Books, 2005. v, 274 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274). Creator God -- Ancestors -- Living dead -- Nominal reincarnation -- African lineage -- Leadership -- Adulthood and elderhood -- Bridewealth -- Marriage -- Polygyny -- Herbalist -- Diviner -- Witch -- Witchcraft -- Death -- Appendix A. Beliefs summarized in each chapter -- Appendix B. Respondents by nationality and ethnic groups. "Based on field research data collected and analyzed over the past seventeen years, the Maryknoll Institute of African Studies has categorized cultural knowledge into fifteen themes and thirty-five domains. The themes are the major values, symbols and ideas that bring wholeness and coherence to a culture. The themes explain the nature of life, the nature of creation, the nature of evil, etc. Underneath and within these themes are thirty-five cultural domains, that is, specific activities, rituals, attitudes and happenings that make up the ordinary events in the lives of human beings, from birth to death and beyond ... The book is divided into fifteen chapters, one for each foundational theme"--Intro., p. [1]. Africa Social life and customs. Africa Religion. Kirwen, Michael C. compiled and edited Maryknoll Institute of African Studies. . lcc BK 20060726 c sds12 MPS 84 84 0 0 lcc 0 1 1 JHIA JHIA GEN 2016-08-09 0 B 5305 .A34 2005 6775 2016-08-09 00:00:00 2016-08-09 BK